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For millennia, humans have used knots for all kinds of reasons — to tie rope, braid hair or weave fabrics. But there are organisms that are better at…

From access cards and key fobs to Bluetooth speakers, the security of communication between wireless devices is critical in maintaining privacy and…

The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering Land Bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far…

This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan received an honorary degree and delivered the keynote address at the University of Vermont's…

For most people, getting burrs stuck on your clothes during a hike is nothing more than a nuisance, something to pick off and throw out when you get…

U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan delivered the address at the University of Vermont’s 222nd Commencement Ceremony on…

Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study, partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, indicates that the…

Most life on Earth is based on polymers of 20 amino acids that have evolved into hundreds of thousands of different, specialized proteins. They…

Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and using first-of-their-kind observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, a University of…

Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso to pick fruit in forests, but new research by scientists at the…